/*
 * Copyright 2006 Brian Watkins
 *
 * Licensed under the Apache License, Version 2.0 (the "License");
 * you may not use this file except in compliance with the License.
 * You may obtain a copy of the License at
 *
 *     http://www.apache.org/licenses/LICENSE-2.0
 *
 * Unless required by applicable law or agreed to in writing, software
 * distributed under the License is distributed on an "AS IS" BASIS,
 * WITHOUT WARRANTIES OR CONDITIONS OF ANY KIND, either express or implied.
 * See the License for the specific language governing permissions and
 * limitations under the License.
 *
 */


package bw.util;

import java.util.*;
import java.text.*;

public class Format
{
    private static final SimpleDateFormat _dateFormatter = new SimpleDateFormat( "MMMM dd, yyyy hh:mm aa" );
    private static final SimpleDateFormat _timeFormatter = new SimpleDateFormat( "hh:mm aa" );
    private static final SimpleDateFormat _militaryTimeFormatter = new SimpleDateFormat( "MMMM dd, yyyy HH:mm:ss" );
    private static final SimpleDateFormat _simpleFormatter = new SimpleDateFormat( "yyyy-MM-dd" );

    public static String formatDate ( Date date )
    {
        return _dateFormatter.format( date );
    }

    public static String formatTime ( Date date )
    {
        return _timeFormatter.format( date );
    }

    public static String formatMilitary ( Date date )
    {
        return _militaryTimeFormatter.format( date );
    }

    public static Date parseDate ( String year, String month, String date )
    {
        return _simpleFormatter.parse( year + "-" + month + "-" + date, 
                                       new ParsePosition( 0 ) );
    }
}